Case challenge · Emergency / Prevention / General practice · teaching

Tetanus Post-Exposure Prophylaxis — Pathway · case challenge

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Case #1Emergency / Prevention / General practice

📋 Case data

Wound typeClean minor wound
Clean minor wound · history≥3 doses but last ≥10 years

Data is taken from this pathway's reviewed node text. Work through the pathway step by step.

Step 1 / 2 · Wound type

Which wound type?

💡 Clean minor wound vs tetanus-prone wound (contaminated with soil/feces/saliva, puncture, crush, missile, burns/frostbite, necrotic tissue, compound fracture). Thorough wound debridement is required regardless of type.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.